OSHA Inspection: DAVE CAPODICE EXCAVATING, INC.

Issued

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations:       Each employee in an excavation was not protected from struck-by injuries and cave-in hazards because the spoil pile was stored within two feet of the excavation.

Issued

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions:    An employee was working in an excavation which was not inspected by a competent person before the employee was allowed to enter the working area and the excavation was not sloped, shored, or braced in accordance with the standard.

Issued

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) sloping and benching systems, or paragraph (c) support systems, shield systems, and other protective systems:    An employee was in an excavation installing pvc sewer pipe up to 9 feet deep and the excavation was not sloped, shored, or braced in accordance with the standard.

Issued

2014-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:      An employee was in an excavation installing pvc sewer pipe up to 9 feet deep and safe means of egress was not located in the excavation.